Address Overfitting with L1 Regularization in Regression

This question evaluates understanding of model overfitting, high-dimensional linear regression issues, and regularization concepts, specifically L1 (Lasso) sparsity and complexity control.

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Jul 12, 2025, 6:59 PM

Data Scientist

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Linear Regression with Many Predictors and Few Observations

Scenario

You fit an ordinary least squares (OLS) linear regression with 500 predictors (features) and 600 observations (rows).

Questions

What issue is likely to occur?
Why does it happen?
How can L1 regularization (Lasso) mitigate it?

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